The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-18
TWO CRANKS USE PENS.
GOV. GORDON INFLICTED WITH
THEIR EPISTLES.


Prominent Men Lend Their Names to
the Movement to Secure Bank Rob-
bers Pardon-A Sutton Fired on by
Negro Returns the Complim emit
The Carp Car.
ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 1.-THE Governors
mail to-day brought two crank letters. One
protesting to be written from the holy land
and signed lone of the apostles that thanked
him in the name of the Republican party of
Ohio, for his recent visit to that State, and
expressed belief that a longer visit would
have made Foraker's majority 10000.
The second letter was from R.W. Flournoy,
of Pontotoc, Miss. indignantly condemns
the conviction of Charles Shockley. the ne
gro boy who killed Thomas in Augusta, and
his sentence to life Imprisonment. Flour
noy was evidently short on the facts of the
case.
ABANK RoBBER WELL BACKED.
The Governor is being strongly urged TO
pardon c. H. Simmons the Augusta bank
robber, who is serving a seven years SEN
tence in the Dade coal mines. Simmons is
a New Yorker, and a sister who brought
him up is here pleading with the Governor.
Sunset Cox and other New York Congress
men, and by Senator Brown, who made
personal appeal to the Governor to-day. 1t
is likely that the pardon will be granted.
Simmons has served four years of the SEN
tence. 1t is urged that he was young when
the crime was committed and was used by
older men. A similar application was made
some months ago, but was refused. mainly,
it is understood, on account of circum-
stances connected with the application.
A VERDICT AGAINST A RAILROAD.
In the United States Circuit Court to-day,
the jury in the case of FIFTEEN vs.. the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
reported in the NEWS yesterday, gave
verdict for the plaintiff for 81, 800. A mo-
ton for new trial will be made
Prof A r. McCutchan, Geologist of the
Agricultural Department, and brother of
Judge McCutchan, has been very i'll for two
months, and tonight it is thought he can not
recover His death would be great loss to
the State. as he is the best informed of any
man living on the geological formations of
Georgia.
The tax receipts at the Treasury Depart
ment to-day were Sll 900.
The carp car of the United States Fish
Commission went up the State road to-day
TO deposit fish in the Chattahoochee and
Etawab rivers. 1t will return tomorrow
and start south.
W. o. Conner, Principal of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, was here to-day conferrlng
with the Governor as to tue proper con-
struction of tine recent legislative appro-
priation of $1,000 for the buildings i'm
provement and how to draw the money
from the Treasury Heexhibited plans and
specifications of improvements which, il
carried out, will make the place very at
tractive.
A SHOOTING SCRAPE.
A shooting sensation occurred on Jenkins
street to-day which was a little out of the
ordinary rut Frank Donehue, a white
man 10 years old. has been paying attention
to Miss Alexander. He called to-day and
on entering young negro man servant in
the house made an impudent remark
about his visits which lead to quarrel. The
negro ran through the house to the back
porch, when he returned and fired at
Donehue's head, missing him. Donehue
had derringer and returned the fire The
negro fired again and fled. The firing at
trected the policeman on the beat who
arrested Donehue and carried him to the
station. When he was searched the pistol
was found, and also q marriage license. The
negro was soon brought in and his story
was that Donehue was trying to force the
girl TO marry him, and that to-day when he
came her mother ordered him to put
Donehue OFT of the house. Both were
locked up.
THE PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN
Both Prohibitionists and Ants gathered
in mass meeting tonight and had a big talk
The Ants met at the Opera House, where
the inside and outside hurrah was repeated
The leading speakers We're Evan 7. Howell
and A. Ii. Cox The Prohibitionists met at
a warehouse and completely filed that
spacious tabernacle A large part of the
immense audience was ladies. whose aid and
influence the Prohibitionists have invoked
in this contest The orators were
George Adair and Henry Grady. The
crowd was estimated at between 5000 and
1000 Both meetings adjourned about tine
same time and the crowds met, but without
clash, as there is yet peace between the
factions.
In the Supreme Court the day was occu-
pied with the arguments in the Veal case
One speech will be made tomorrow, when
the case goes to the ury. A verdict
will doubtless be reached tomorrow, and
the general opinion is that it will be one Of
acquittal.